Filipino college students’ attitudes towards religion: An analysis of the underlying factors

• Main Authors: Baring, Rito V., Sarmiento, Philip Joseph, Sibug, Nestor, Lumanlan, Paolo, Bonus, Benita, Samia, Cristina, Reysen, Stephen
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: College students—Religious life > Philippines; College students—Philippines—Attitudes; Religion
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2027
• Institution: De La Salle University

In the last 50 years, measures of religious constructs have been the subject of much scientific attention. Cross-cultural considerations necessitate that empirical claims on assessments about religion are validated by local data. While religion is typically viewed in terms of spirituality and religiosity, recent empirical studies indicate a shift in the interpretation of these dimensions in a more diffused and relaxed appreciation. Building up from these developments, in the present research, we develop and test the structure and reliability of a scale to assess students’ attitudes towards religion. Using a sample (n = 2733) of college students from two provincial universities in the Philippines, we employed data reduction techniques to understand the underlying factor structure. The results showed a three-factor measure of attitudes towards religion. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland,